Non-Fiction Reading Response

            There is a big problem going on in Hong Kong, China right now. The Chinese government wants to reclaim the once British ruled territory of Hong Kong as its own as opposed to having it be independently ruled by themselves. The upfront article “Democracy Fighters” gives us insight and more information about the protests and issues that the people of Hong Kong are facing at the moment.

            There are currently huge protests in Hong Kong fighting to keep their democracy and freedom and not to allow the communist Chinese government to take over rule.  The Chinese government will not stand down to these protesters in fear of ridicule and they fear it will show a sign of weakness towards their powerful government.  It would be an only last resort for the strong Chinese government to give into the mostly peaceful protests but if they did it would show change in the mostly harsh governing ways of China.

            The protesters come in all different age groups, but the main people who are fighting china are younger kids, mostly college students who don’t want to be in a communism and want to be able to elect their own leaders and not have them forced upon them.  One of the most famous protesters is 18-year-old Joshua Wong who believes in democracy and freedom for the people of Honk Kong.  He and his fellow protesters will not stand down to the Chinese government no matter what lengths they go to make the territory theirs again, even if that means fighting the democracy.  This shows that the younger generation of people in Hong Kong don’t want to have their rights to democracy taken away from them and will possibly go to great lengths to keep their freedom from China.

            This article shows and gives the reader insight on the issues and protests going on in Hong Kong and how people are reacting to these issues that they are faced with. These type of issues have gone on throughout the world and have happened various times, this particular time is a great example of a non-violent protest going on in order for people to retain their freedom and rights that they once had.